Acanthus Design-Denise Woolery

I have been working with Denise at Acanthus Design for several years on my Residential Architectural projects. She is extremely professional, creative, and a great team player. Her attention to detail and design of her planting palettes is a strong suite, along with attending to the proper plant types for the soil and light conditions. I would highly recommend her for both large and small residential projects.

Denise designed a back patio for me complete with hot tub deck, outdoor kitchen, seating and planting beds. She came up with very creative design options before we narrowed down to one to pursue. She helped with the city permit process, which can be challenging. I would highly recommend her for landscape design projects.

Acanthus Design (Denise Woolery) did a landscape master plan in Hope Ranch for about a 2 acre site when I was the Director of Design and Construction. It involved stone walls, fountains, ponds and a waterfall feature of 4 cascading ponds and the entire property was re landscaped and re-irrigated with a tropical landscape theme. At our Hope Ranch Architectural Review Board we had a packed house at all our meetings with all kinds of prfessionals and neighbors reviewing the project. It passed with flying colors and then Denise went on to be project manager of the entire installation overseeing at least 20 workers a day. She fully cooperated with everyone and the project could not have run more smoothly. The end project was serene and beautiful.

Denise Woolery is an immensely talented garden designer, who considers how the garden looks from every angle, including from a home's interior. Besides my own home, for which I won a Santa Barbara Beautiful Award, I have seen two other completed projects of hers. Ms. Woolery successfully gave me a front and back garden that achieved my goals: a flow of walking paths throughout, low water needs, ease of care, shade in summer only, lots of color year round (leaf, flower and fruit), lots of edibles, and some natives for to bring birds, bees and butterflies. She was reasonably priced and worked work smoothly with my contractor and my gardener.

Denise Woolery of Acanthus Design in Santa Barbara is an artist who creates beautiful environments for all to enjoy! She has an eye for color and plant structure composition that flows and is engaging. Keep up the good work Denise!